Henry Suluvale
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| Full name | Henry Suluvale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 September 1971 Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Henry Suluvale (born 16 September 1971) is a former professional rugby league footballer who represented Western Samoa at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup and also the 1995 world sevens. Suluvale played on the Wing or in the Centres.
Early years
[edit]Suluvale grew up in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Playing career
[edit]Suluvale played 22 games for the Canterbury Country Cardinals in the 1994 Lion Red Cup, scoring 18 tries. He also toured New Zealand and Fiji with Western Samoa in 1994 and represented Canterbury in their Rugby League Cup defence.[2][3]
Suluvale joined Eastern Suburbs in 1995 later renamed the "Sydney City Roosters" and played mostly reserve grade before signing for Super League.
In 1996, he signed with the Hunter Mariners before the Superleague war ended the club's season before it began.[4] He instead moved to the Gold Coast, spending two years with the Gold Coast Chargers and played 19 first grade games. Suluvale's last game in first grade was against Parramatta in Round 8 1998 which the Gold Coast lost 24-2.
References
[edit]- ^ "Henry Suluvale - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
- ^ Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1994. p.50
- ^ Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1994. p.187
- ^ Hunter Mariners Archived 2011-05-18 at the Wayback Machine 1908.com
External links
[edit]- World Cup 1995 details
- Henry Suluvale at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Living people
- New Zealand rugby league players
- Samoa national rugby league team players
- Samoan rugby league players
- Canterbury rugby league team players
- Sydney Roosters players
- Gold Coast Chargers players
- Hunter Mariners players
- People educated at Burnside High School
- 1971 births
- Rugby league players from Christchurch
- Rugby league wingers